A series studying the animal kingdom, and man's place in it, through comparisons of anatomy, function, and behavior.
How animals get from place to place, including burrowing, crawling, climbing trees, running, and jumping.
"Animals In The Water" studies fish, crocodiles, seals and whales.
A look at how animals have developed special means of coping with the environments — the long neck of the giraffe, the coat of the polar bear.
A look at the process of natural selection by which animals have developed special means of coping with their environments: the long neck of the giraffe, the coat of the polar bear, the digging claws of the mole.
How animals locate, obtain, process and eat food using "anatomical tools": beaks, claws etc.
Animals modify their environments in many ways: by building nests, damming streams, by breaking down forests.
Program shows how animals modify their environments in many ways; by building nests, damming streams, and by breaking down forests.
Man is known as the "toolmaker", although certain other animals do use tools.
Different combinations of the senses are dominant in the activities of different animals: vision and smell in insects, smell and hearing in most mammals, vision and touch in the higher primates, including man.
A look at the various ways animals and man defend their homes and their young.
How much of animal behavior is inherent, and how much is learned?
Man, the animal species, as he might be described by an objective zoologist from another planet: what is he, his anatomy, his reproduction, his behavior and his ecology. A summary of the entire series.